Artists of the Age of Exploration

The atlas holds 11 people and 192 moments here, from 1434 to 1650. The most recorded lives are Albrecht Dürer, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.

Notable people

1. Albrecht Dürer

   from 1471 to 1528

   34 moments here

   German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the Northern Renaissance. Born and died in Nuremberg, Dürer trained there before traveling through the…

2. Michelangelo

   from 1475 to 1564

   29 moments here

   Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.…

3. Leonardo da Vinci

   from 1452 to 1519

   27 moments here

   Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…

4. Peter Paul Rubens

   from 1577 to 1640

   25 moments here

   Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…

5. Diego Velázquez

   from 1599 to 1650

   22 moments here

   Spanish Baroque painter and court artist to Philip IV of Spain. Born in Seville, he trained there before establishing his long-term home and career…

6. Nicolaus Copernicus

   from 1473 to 1543

   15 moments here

   Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…

7. Rembrandt

   from 1606 to 1639

   14 moments here

   Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) was a Dutch painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.…

8. Raphael

   from 1483 to 1520

   14 moments here

   Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, known as Raphael, was an Italian High Renaissance painter and architect.…

9. Johannes Gutenberg

   from 1434 to 1468

   10 moments here

   German inventor and craftsman associated with the development of European movable-type printing.…

10. Matsuo Bashō

    in 1644

    1 moment here

    Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) was a Japanese poet of the Edo period, renowned for haikai and for travel writing including Oku no Hosomichi.…

11. Louis XIV

    in 1638

    1 moment here

    Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 1638–1715), king of France from 1643, was the Bourbon monarch known as the Sun King.…

Moments

1. 1434 Documented stay in Strasbourg begins Johannes Gutenberg
2. 1437 Gemstone instruction at St. Arbogast Johannes Gutenberg
3. 1438 Pilgrimage-mirror enterprise in Strasbourg Johannes Gutenberg
4. 1444 Final documented Strasbourg presence Johannes Gutenberg
5. 1448 Confirmed return to Mainz Johannes Gutenberg
6. 1450 Printing workshop at Hof zum Humbrecht Johannes Gutenberg
7. 1452 Born near Vinci Leonardo da Vinci
8. 1462 Expulsion from Mainz during the Diocesan Feud Johannes Gutenberg
9. 1465 Residence at Algesheimer Hof Johannes Gutenberg
10. 1468 Death at Algesheimer Hof Johannes Gutenberg
11. 1468 Burial in the Franciscan church Johannes Gutenberg
12. 1469 Moves to Florence Leonardo da Vinci
13. 1471 Birth in Nuremberg Albrecht Dürer
14. 1473 Birth in Toruń Nicolaus Copernicus
15. 1475 Brought to Florence as an infant Michelangelo
16. 1475 Born at Caprese Michelangelo
17. 1478 Witnesses a contract in Vinci Leonardo da Vinci
18. 1481 Lives with a stonecutter at Settignano Michelangelo
19. 1482 Moves to the Sforza court Leonardo da Vinci
20. 1483 Birth in Urbino Raphael
21. 1486 Apprenticeship with Michael Wolgemut Albrecht Dürer
22. 1490 Lives in the Medici household Michelangelo
23. 1490 Consults at Pavia Cathedral Leonardo da Vinci
24. 1491 Studies at the University of Kraków Nicolaus Copernicus
25. 1492 Stay in Basel Albrecht Dürer
26. 1492 Wanderjahre visit to Colmar Albrecht Dürer
27. 1493 Visit to Strasbourg Albrecht Dürer
28. 1493 Hosted at Santo Spirito Michelangelo
29. 1494 First Italian journey: Venice Albrecht Dürer
30. 1494 Brief stay in Venice Michelangelo
31. 1494 Takes refuge in Bologna Michelangelo
32. 1494 Marriage to Agnes Frey Albrecht Dürer
33. 1495 Workshop opened after return Albrecht Dürer
34. 1495 Paints The Last Supper Leonardo da Vinci
35. 1496 Arrival for studies in Bologna Nicolaus Copernicus
36. 1496 Arrives in Rome Michelangelo
37. 1497 Aldebaran occultation observation Nicolaus Copernicus
38. 1499 Workshop at Città di Castello Raphael
39. 1500 Flees to Venice Leonardo da Vinci
40. 1500 Returns to Florence Leonardo da Vinci
41. 1500 Jubilee-year stay in Rome Nicolaus Copernicus
42. 1500 Stays in Bologna Leonardo da Vinci
43. 1501 Returns from Rome to Florence Michelangelo
44. 1501 Medical studies in Padua Nicolaus Copernicus
45. 1502 Continues to Pesaro Leonardo da Vinci
46. 1502 Inspects Urbino Leonardo da Vinci
47. 1502 Piccolomini Library work in Siena Raphael
48. 1502 Work in Perugia Raphael
49. 1502 Arrives in Cesena Leonardo da Vinci
50. 1502 Observes Rimini's fountain Leonardo da Vinci

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